Last evening, we finally got around to having our hatch party, an annual event in our calendar to mark the hatching of our osprey chicks. It's now almost four weeks since the first chick hatched, but we've been too busy to fit in a celebration. So better late than never, we wetted the youngsters heads, so to speak, last night, joining our wider team colleagues here at Abernethy for a BBQ.
It was a great evening, with a mix of weather, from warm sunshine to the odd shower, but you can't plan for these things. We all chipped-in with contributions to the spread of fare, and thanks to those of you out there, who called in to provided us with cakes.
Talking of cakes, take a look at this.....
and this...........complete with those red patches of sphagnum moss, you've seen on camera! Note also the accurate size differences between the three chicks.
This superb cake was made by Julie, one of this year's Caper-watch Team (aka JulieQ, on Loch Garten bloggers). So far we haven't sampled its delights as we haven't the heart (yet) to cut & spoil such a magnificent cake. But from here in the office, I can hear the team down at the Centre, food-soliciting, so it'll be ceremoniously cut later today no doubt.
Osprey Team 2009: from left to right; Ian, Malcolm, David, Claire, Debbie and Paula.
Oh by the way, all's well with the osps.